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Publié le 22/02/2017

Specific identification of the different forms of cytosine, one of the "bricks...

The study of biological macromolecules, such as DNA, RNA and proteins requires a prior and thorough knowledge of the physicochemical properties of their constitutive bricks, namely nucleobases and...

Publié le 26/01/2017

10 years of collaboration SOLEIL/INRA

It is now 10 years since INRA and SOLEIL have engaged a fruitful collaboration, which relies on the presence of INRA who work on secondment on SOLEIL beamlines. A booklet, published in January...

Publié le 06/12/2016

What governs the handness of floppy chiral systems?

Very many important bio-molecules— from the smallest building blocks like amino acids, through larger proteins, to the famous DNA double helix— are chiral, meaning that like our hands they can...

Publié le 25/10/2016

On-line atmospheric aerosol formation analysis

A reaction chamber was coupled to a photoionization aerosol time-of flight mass spectrometer on the DESIRS beamline for on-line analysis of organic and inorganic-organic mixed aerosols...

Publié le 06/06/2016

High resolution VUV spectroscopy: when laboratory measurements enlighten space

Recently, an experimental branch, dedicated to UV and VUV absorption spectroscopy in the gas phase, was designed and installed on the DÉSIRS beamline. This branch combines a unique ultrahigh-...

Publié le 08/04/2016

Origin of life: an artificial comet holds the missing piece

Researchers have for the first time shown that ribose, a sugar that is one of the building blocks of genetic material in living organisms, may have formed in cometary ices.

spectre du radical OH

Publié le 13/01/2016

A new flow-tube reactor for the study of gas phase reactivity and reactive intermediates

Gas phase reactions are ubiquitous in the daily life, from combustion engines to planetary atmospheres, and have a profound impact on the environment and thus on humans. These reactions are driven by...

Publié le 11/01/2016

Silver Hydride Nanoclusters under VUV Irradiation

Thanks to the unique properties of the synchrotron radiation, a team of international scientists successfully describe the structure of a silver hydride nanocluster. Those results, published in...

Publié le 11/12/2015

Competition between fragmentation and ionization in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons:...

A research team led by a Dutch group showed, by using the DESIRS beamline of SOLEIL, that the size of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons influences the photon-induced processes they undergo in the...